Twilight of Authority

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Robert Nisbet

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Nisbet argues that the political community in the West has broken down after two centuries of ascendancy. He believes that the West has entered 'a twilight age' that will be characterised by political and cultural crises similar to those that preceded the fall of Rome. He foresees the displacement of traditional, liberal society by centralised, collectivised power -- what he terms 'the war society', driven by the rising power and expense of a hugely scaled military. Nisbet offers no prophecy of inevitable decline; rather, he means to call attention to: the problem of finding the means of generating a social order within which the individual can live and derive a spirit of initiative.

Author Biography:

Robert Nisbet (1913-1996) was renowned worldwide for his scholarship in the history and philosophy of social and political thought. He taught at Columbia, the University of California at Berkeley, Smith College, and the University of Bologna.

Release date Australia

January 1st, 2000

Author

Robert Nisbet

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

278

Dimensions

150x230x18

ISBN-13

9780865972124

Product ID

1856785

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